Employment In Munition Plants May Taper Off
Washington reports that despite the U S having machine tools and capital equipment to defeat the Axis, unemployment may rise in munition centers as WPB orders halt projects not finishing by October. Officials say overall war labor demand remains strong though some overproduction may temper employment in certain ordnance lines.
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Washington
United States
Tacos
WPB
War Manpower Commission
WBP
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
United Nations
Italians End Tunisia Fight As Axis Surrenders
The First Italian Army ceased fighting in Tunisia by order of Mussolini, ending Axis resistance on African soil. The Rome communique says the last stand by Gen Giovanni Messe’s forces exhausted ammunition under continuous Anglo American attack, as Cap Bon peninsula was cut off.
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Associated Press
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Mussolini
Duce
Rome
Africa
Giovani
Cap Bon
Italy
Giovanni Messe
Bowling Banquets Mark Season End For Local Leagues
Bowing banquets on May 18 will close the season for League B and the Evening Star Ladies League with a joint banquet and dance at Sarah Zane Hall at 7 pm. War stamps will be presented as awards. Bell Clothes won the League B playoff over Studebaker Champions by 119 pins in a five game match.
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Sarah Zane
Bell Clothes
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Pop
Star
Bell
USL
Aap
Merriner
Shendon
Funkhouser
Dellinger
Gano
Chaney
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OPA to Hire 1400 Investigators to Cut Living Costs
Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown announced plans to add 1,400 investigators to enforce price rules and educate violators while testing a new subsidy program. He aims to reduce the cost of living by about 5 percent through enforcement and subsidies and to restore it to Sept 15, 1942 levels.
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
OPA
Brown
White House
Congress
Final Blow Hit Against Axis By Clever Move
Allied leaders in North Africa credit a clever combined action for ending six months of fighting. Eisenhower cites Sir Harold Alexander’s deployment of the Eighth and First Armies to mislead German forces and unleash a western thrust that disrupted and collapsed the Axis front. Encouragement follows for Britain, the United States, and French authorities.
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North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Afrca
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First Army
Harold Alexander
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First
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United States
Italy Demands Anti Aircraft Defenses From Hitler
STOCKHOLM May 13 reports from German circles relayed to Goteborg Tidning that Mussolini issued a firm demand to Hitler for anti aircraft artillery and planes, expressing astonishment at the Nazi leadership's headquarters.
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Stockholm
Goteborg
Flood Damages Severe Along Arkansas River Cresting at 41.7 Feet
Flood waters from the Arkansas River cresting at 41.7 feet devastated the lower valley from Fort Smith to Little Rock. Levees failed and thousands of acres flooded as 600 blocks of Fort Smith and Van Buren endured inundation. About 6 dead and 22 missing were reported, with 18 000 people left homeless across the region. Army engineers mobilized crews for rescue and levee protection while camps at Chaffee and Gruber aided relief efforts.
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
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U. S
Here
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St. Francis
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Army
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Knights Templar Hold Conclave in Lynchburg VA
Visitors from six states and the District of Columbia gather in Lynchburg for the 121st Virginia Knights Templar conclave. T. Claggett Jones of Lynchburg presides as grand commander. Dr. Walter W. Bain of Crewe, grand prelate, will speak at a First Methodist Church service, with a dinner that evening ending day one. Elections and installation of officers are planned for tomorrow.
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States
District of Columbia
Virginia Knights Templar
T. Claggett Jones
Virginia
Walter W. Bain
Crewe
First Methodist Church
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